In late 2020, Netflix contributed to a huge boom for chess with the release of The Queen's Gambit, featuring Anya Taylor-Joy as chess prodigy Beth Harmon. Nearly three years on, the streamer has ...
It felt like the whole world fell in love with chess for a brief spell last year when the Queen's Gambit took over Netflix and living rooms everywhere. While the show's buzz may have subsided by now, ...
Tackling a subject as niche and inaccessible as competitive chess is an ambitious move for a series; however, “The Queen’s Gambit” does so with style, turning chess matches into adrenaline-inducing ...